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Europe planning

Postby Booney » Fri Dec 12, 2025 12:29 pm

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If you want to go quickly, go alone.

If you want to go far, go together.
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Re: Europe planning

Postby am Bays » Fri Dec 12, 2025 12:31 pm

ATM I'd say avoid Ukraine
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Re: Europe planning

Postby Booney » Fri Dec 12, 2025 12:37 pm

Our plan is 3 months away.

I don't fly well so our trip over looks like :

Adelaide / Singapore - Night in Singapore
Singapore / Dubai - Night in Dubai
Dubai / London

Week in UK ( all times subject to change ) I'm Welsh so going to Cardiff no matter what.

London / Amsterdam
Amsterdam / Budapest river cruise

Budapest / France
France / Spain
Spain / Italy
Italy / Greece

Emirates / Singapore night in Singapore
Singapore / Adelaide

This is the rough itinerary I'm working on
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Re: Europe planning

Postby PatowalongaPirate » Fri Dec 12, 2025 12:52 pm

We are heading over for 5 1/2 weeks March/April based around a wedding in London.

Flying Qatar Airways;

Prague for few nights
London 10 days
Paris 6 days
Zurich 3 days
Milan 2 days
Venice 3 days
Florence 3 days
Rome 6 days
Doha 2 days by the pool before landing back in Adelaide.
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Re: Europe planning

Postby Jim05 » Fri Dec 12, 2025 12:56 pm

All depends on when you “want” the long stretch on a flight. Both options are around 20hrs flight time each way total but obviously many people prefer the Singapore option for the 7hr stint home as you can the 13hr Europe to Singapore flight done, relax for a day or two and then short flight home.
Emirates is the better airline IMO but the 13hr flight back home does scare some people off.
Flights are dirt cheap in Europe but just beware some of the LCC land at secondary airports that are a looooong way out of town. I do prefer to either take the train or drive everywhere in Europe, get to see much more than just hopping from airport to airport.
Driving gives you luxury of just stopping in at pubs or restaurants along the way or seeing some unbelievable scenery.
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Re: Europe planning

Postby whufc » Tue Dec 16, 2025 11:14 am

We are over there in March.

Heading to North Ireland for two weeks to stay with the in-laws family.

Then over to London to stay with my family for a week.

Then 15 days to do a little bit of Europe, the 7-year old daughter has always been fascinated with Paris so will do that.

I've been fortunate to do a few trips to Europe and see a fair bit so ill let the Irish misses decide where we go. Despite living over there until she was 13 she has never been over to the continent before.
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Re: Europe planning

Postby Corona Man » Tue Dec 16, 2025 12:37 pm

July 2027

Fly Melb to Lond Via Dubai - Emirates. only a bit over 1 hour layover in Dubai.

3 days London - sight seeing etc

Eurostar to Paris

3 days sight seeing

Train to Bordeaux

3 days wine tasting & Tour De France

Fly Bordeuax to Edinburgh

3 days at the Open Champinship at St. Andrews

Hire car - drive to London - via Clarksons farm - 2 days

Free day in London then train to Southhmpton

5 days at the 4th Ashes test - The first ever test played at the Rosebowl.

Train back to London - Fly to Rome

3 days sight seeing Rome

Train to Milan

2 days sight seeing Milan

Train to Zurich

3 days sight seeing

Fly Zurich to Athens.

2 days then fly back to Melb (Emirates) via Dubai.

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